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On the recordSeptember 10, 2019
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I would say to the previous speaker that eight Republican amendments were made in order; perhaps none that he offered, but I thought that the rule was particularly fair. I would also say to him that no oil that is being produced in this country right now is affected by anything having to do with this legislation. Yesterday, Ambassador Rooney made it very clear to us in the Rules Committee that, at the present rate of production of oil, we are producing enough oil to go into 66 years of oil production. That is at the present rate, without going anywhere else.
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Doc Hastings
Republican · Washington

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